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Drew Martin From: Drew Martin Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 12:07 PM To: rev-aaron@comcast.net Subject: City of Everett Permit Services: 3904 Federal Avenue SE (BW2106-002) - First Building Intake Review Attachments: 2018 IRC_Typical Code References_04-12-2021.docx; City of Everett - Residential Drawing Preparation.pdf Hello, Mr. Gay. Your application has been received and a permit set up. However, the submitted documents are not sufficient for us to perform a review at this time. Construction -level documents need to be submitted for review. Information is attached to provide guidance. Preliminary comments are provided below to assist in preparing the drawings, but these are not intended to provide a comprehensive review. Depending on your experience with the model codes and preparing documents, we recommend consulting with a design professional to assist you. 1. The proposed project indicates a scope of reconfiguration existing habitable space. However, the space was converted from an undeveloped basement without permits. This is verified in the historic Snohomish County field assessor records. In addition, fire damage was previously repaired under Permit No. C1506-007. A copy of those drawings available on-line in the City of Everett website show that the basement is unfinished space and not permitted as habitable. Drawings should be submitted showing all proposed habitable space as new. All walls should be shown as new except original exterior walls, unless documentation is submitted to verify work was performed under a previous permit. All work is required to comply with the requirements of the 2018 IRC for new construction. 2. Floor plans for the upper level(s) should be provided. See other comments below. 3. The space is required to be insulated per the residential provisions of the 2018 WSEC. 4. The space should comply with the energy credits of WSEC Section R406. A schedule of selected credits should be included in the drawings. 5. The house should be provided with a whole house ventilation system. 6. The locations of smoke and CO alarms should be shown. Alarms should be hardwired and provided with battery back-up. Smoke alarms should be interconnected. 7. The basement level proposes a "study" and "office". These spaces appear to be remnants of the unpermitted basement apartment unit and are presumed to be bedrooms. The spaces include closets and will likely be used as bedrooms. The spaces need to satisfy the requirements for bedrooms including smoke alarms and egress windows. 8. The wall details on Sheet A-1 are not complete. Preservative sills are required. Connections to the slab -on -grade and floor above need to be specified; the anchorage should be adequate to resist a minimum 5 psf out -of -plane load on the wall. 9. The space needs to have a code -compliant egress path out of the building. The garage is not permitted as part of this path. Sections and details for at least one stairway should be provided demonstrating compliance with the current building code. The stairs may need to be modified. Modification of the stairs 10. The building will require structural revisions based on the proposed wall changes. Gravity posts are embedded in walls shown for demolition. See also Permit No. C1506-007. Some walls may also be